Endless Boogie

by John Lee Hooker

Endless Boogie cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1971
  • Label: ABC
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:39
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded with prominent guest musicians like Steve Miller and Mark Naftalin, 'Endless Boogie' showcases John Lee Hooker settling into extended, hypnotic grooves. The double album format allowed the blues legend to bridge his traditional Delta roots with contemporary rock-oriented jam aesthetics. It captures a loose, live-in-the-studio warmth that revitalized his standing in the 1970s rock counterculture.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, rhythmic, bluesy, jam, unpolished

Tracklist

  1. (I Got) A Good 'Un (5:13)
  2. House Rent Boogie (6:23)
  3. Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U (Blues For Jimi And Janis) (6:43)
  4. Standin' At The Crossroads (6:07)
  5. Pots On, Gas On High (11:23)
  6. We Might As Well Call It Through (I Didn't Get Married To Your Two-Timing Mother) (8:04)
  7. Doin' The Shout (3:31)
  8. A Sheep Out On The Foam (6:30)
  9. I Don't Need No Steam Heat (4:18)
  10. Sittin' In My Dark Room (5:38)
  11. Endless Boogie, Parts 27 And 28 (8:44)

Credits

  • John Lee Hooker - primary artist, guitar, written-by, vocals
  • Carl Radle - bass [fender]
  • Geno Skaggs - bass [fender]
  • Billy Ingram - drums
  • Jim Gordon - drums
  • Ken Swank - drums, tambourine
  • Reno Lanzara - drums
  • Clifford Coulter - electric piano

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